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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • board@canada.com
  • canadalottryboard@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Patricia Atkins" <consultant_bank@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:32:09 -1000
Subject: Congratulations you have won!

From: Ms.Patricia Atkins
Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
Emails: lottery-board@canada.com / canadalottryboard@yahoo.com

Congratulations, you have won Canada Lottery!
Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05
Batch No. Lotto 6/49
WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the 2010
Soccer World cup to be hosted in South Africa. We happily announce to you
the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International Programs
held on the Wed January.11th 2006 in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario
Canada.

Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100, with
Serial Number 46563760 drew the winning numbers Wed 11TH January
12/35/36/43/44/45/ Bonus 46 for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of the Lottery
in the 2nd category of daily three. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars) in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/05.

This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million dollars, shared
amongst the first One Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in this
category Worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro Booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because
this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted
in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept to enable you
participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500 participants
traveling on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer World
Cup 2010.

In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) would be released to you by an accredited commercial
Bank in South Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our
African Agent's office.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and
personal e-mails. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
Unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous elements. Please be
Warned! To file for your claim, please contact us so that we can direct you
to our corresponding Agent in South Africa who will handle your winnings
processing for quick and urgent release of your fund. To avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please quote your reference numbers in any
correspondences with our designated us.

Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program that
has ensured that you won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Patricia Atkins

NOTE To confirm that you have the winning number for
Wed 11th January. 2006 draw, visit:
http://www.canada.com/lotteries/ confirm under
Lotto 6/49.

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